Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday
Flyers Notes ATLANTA - Ian Laperriere's stitched lip was so swollen yesterday he could barely talk, and when he did, it was difficult to understand him.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
HE'S TOUGH -- HE'S A HOCKEY PLAYER Athletes across sports get hurt all the time; that's no surprise. But there's a pain threshold and a toughness level in hockey that is worth marveling over. The latest example is Philadelphia Flyers forward Ian Laperriere, who Friday laid out to block a shot only to have the puck hit him in the face. But if you think a slap shot to the kisser would force him to miss...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Flyers Notes The Flyers' already long injury list grew when right winger Ian Laperriere and center Jared Ross suffered first-period injuries in the 4-2 loss to Buffalo yesterday.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Philadelphia is Ian Laperriere's fifth NHL team, so he has been through "first-game-back" nights before.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Philadelphia is Ian Laperriere's fifth NHL team, so he has been through "first-game-back" nights before.
St. Louis Game Time (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
So, we're back on the road again. Playing the Eastern Conference again. UGH. Well, at least we get to see old friends Chris Pronger and Ian Laperriere . It just seemed appropriate, nearly inevitable, that Pronger ended up playing in Philly. Philadelphia was the first of the the expansion class of 1967 to win a Cup, and around that same time developed the nickname "Broad Street Bullies". That...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Penguins -Sergei Gonchar and Evgeni Malkin ( above ) are kind of key to the Penguins' power play . -Is Mike Yeo the key to the Penguins' power play troubles ? -Bob Errey's epic piece on stick management from Thursday's game: ( Kudos to EN reader Kim Griffin for the heads up. ) -Ryan Bayda scored the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins' only goal in a 2-1 home loss to the Norfolk Admirals . John Curry made...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Penguins -Dave Molinari's recap from last night's game . Brent Johnson ( above ) finally got some offense to work with. -The Miami Herald's recap . The Panthers just couldn't get that third goal. -The Associated Press' recap . Sidney Crosby scored his first career short-handed goal. - NHL.com's recap . Crosby made the difference in his 300th career game. -The shootout: -Evgeni Malkin setting up Crosby's...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
PREGAME Greetings from the Post-Gazette's hustling and bustling office. How surprising is it that FSN Pittsburgh leads into it's pregame coverage with a shot of Eric Godard putting on his equipment? -The Penguins' scratches are Chris Bourque and Martin Skoula. -The funny thing about Skoulas is that if he were to play the 78 games remaining on the schedule (not including tonight), that would be the...
The Peerless Prognosticator (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
The Peerless Prognosticator is ON THE AIR!!! The Caps head off to Philadelphia to take on the Flyers, a 2-0 team, in their home opener. Home… where feelings of warmth and love permeate. Where fans actually have counters taking the measure of how long it’s been since you last won a Stanley Cup . But then again, it’s a place where it’s always sunny, too. For those of you who...
Philly Sports Fan Blog (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
When Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren signed free-agent Ian Laperriere in the off-season, he admitted Laperriere was a player he had “coveted for a long time.” Two games into the season, it’s easy to understand why Holmgren was so enamored.The scrappy right winger/center has provided energy, superb penalty-killing and his first goal of the season, helping [...]
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
Penguins -How much upside does Chris Bourque have ? -Can the Penguins make Bill Guerin ( above ) an alternate captain ? -In its time, Mellon Arena was cutting edge . -Can the Islanders find inspiration in the Penguins' past problems with securing a new arena ? -A few photos from EN readers from Friday's home-opener. Kelli Zappas sends us this... well... it's a jersey foul for sure. But we would classify...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Flyers Notes NEWARK, N.J. - Keeping stars Mike Richards and Jeff Carter refreshed was one of the Flyers' underlying motives when they signed free-agent veterans Blair Betts and Ian Laperriere.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
RALEIGH, N.C. - Both Blair Betts and Ian Laperriere said before the game that a team's best penalty killer is always the goaltender.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Flyers' penalty kill got much stronger in the offseason with the additions of Ian Laperriere and Blair Betts.
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